Swansea Fire Chief Peter Burke said two separate structures were hit during the height of this morning’s thunderstorms.

Luckily, no one was injured in either incident.

Burke said the first call came in at 8:13 a.m. for a lighting strike at 4 Locust St. A second call at 8:15 a.m. reported a strike at 200 Cummings Road.

The properties are less than a mile apart, both off Hortonville Road.

At 4 Locust St., a lightning bolt struck a tree, the house and the garage. Burke said it blew out the electrical system in the house and garage and caused a gas line to the clothes dryer to melt and catch fire.

Burke said when the electricity was turned off, the fire extinguished itself.

At 200 Cummings Road, lightning struck an outbuilding and knocked out the electricity there and in the house.

In both cases, the residents were home and able to call for help.

Engines 2 and 3 responded to Cummings Road. Engines 1 and 4, and Ladder 1 went to the Locust Street scene.

In other municipalities in the region, problems were mostly limited to street flooding, though the weather did result in the postponing of the opening of the Westport Fair on Wednesday. The fair will reopen Thursday at 6 p.m.